Post Your Ellis A5

[Baron Collins-Hill]

I am really digging the new Ellis A5 Deluxe models I have seen. If anyone has one Id love to see and hear about it.

thanks
baron

[ellisppi]

Thanks, here's pics of the 4 different pegheads I use

[Baron Collins-Hill]

very nice, thanks for that. i really like the first one and the snakehead.

thanks
baron

[Gary Alter]

Yes, Tom's building some mighty fine A models. Here's mine.

Gary
http://s182.photobucket.com/albums/x149/gasman44/Ellis%20A/?action=view&current=EllisA_9-1.jpg

[Gary Alter]

Hmm, seem to have hit a bump in posting a photo, sorry about thathttp://s182.photobucket.com/albums/x149/gasman44/Ellis%20A/?action=view&current=EllisA_9-1.jpg

[Bill Snyder]

Here you go Gary.

[LongBlackVeil]

Ill be posting mine very soon :)

I have to say it was the tone of yours Baron that really made me look into these

[Ivan Kelsall]

Here's a couple of pics of the new to me 'used' Ellis A style i bought recently (pics.courtesy of TAMCO UK).Trevor is a far better photographer than myself when it comes to pics. of instruments,;)
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[LongBlackVeil]

Nice Ivan, It does seem really hard to capture the beauty of an Ellis finish in a picture. I think Tom himself actually does the best job of photographing his mandolins

[usqebach]

Baron,

And your own Ellis sounds fantastic! :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7lzS97zsQY

I had been meaning to ask you what you were playing in your videos. You kept the headstock out of the picture in most of the ones that I saw.

Oh, I get it. This was a 'bump' by somebody of a post you made in 2009. Presumably it was posted before you got your own Ellis. At any rate, keep up the great work on the videos, I intend to use them for more tune learning. (NFI)


Jim

[LongBlackVeil]

Yeah I was just hoping some others would post pics so I can drool until mine finally shows up.

I've learned a lot of tunes from Barons YouTube page :mandosmiley:

[Dan Margolis]

http://i934.photobucket.com/albums/ad188/guitarmando1/Ellis%20A%20Special%202xx/DSCN0264.jpg (http://s934.photobucket.com/user/guitarmando1/media/Ellis%20A%20Special%202xx/DSCN0264.jpg.html)

http://i934.photobucket.com/albums/ad188/guitarmando1/Ellis%20A%20Special%202xx/Ellis208b1.jpg (http://s934.photobucket.com/user/guitarmando1/media/Ellis%20A%20Special%202xx/Ellis208b1.jpg.html)

Here's my Ellis A5 Special. I took the first pic. The second was taken at Ellis World Headquarters before I ever saw the mandolin. After four years he still has three pix of this mandolin (#'s 1, 2, and 11) in his A5 gallery, which delights me.

[LongBlackVeil]

Thats great Dan! I love the block inlays, i think it really pulls together the more modern look with the art deco headstock and inlay.

Heres the ones im waiting for if anyone cares

http://www.themandolinstore.com/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=9947

Im really not worried about whether it will sound good or not, I know i love the Ellis tone. This one has a thinner neck than anything ive played so far though and im a little anxious to see if it will work for me. I do have smaller hands, so maybe ill actually prefer it. All i can do is wait and see

[Dan Margolis]

'Course we care. Beautiful instrument, stupendous back. Do you know if it's red or sugar maple?

I believe that mine is the only one that he's built with this combination of appointments: gold pearl block inlays, EVO frets, gold hardware, fossilized walrus ivory nut, deco headstock and inlay, sugar maple, triple bound. The thing is a lot fancier than I am!

http://i934.photobucket.com/albums/ad188/guitarmando1/Ellis%20A%20Special%202xx/DSCN0231_01.jpg (http://s934.photobucket.com/user/guitarmando1/media/Ellis%20A%20Special%202xx/DSCN0231_01.jpg.html)

[Curt Palm]

Here is my Ellis. Not really an A5 since it has an oval hole. It's really beautiful and has a deep complex tone. The pictures are from Fiddler's Green shop in Texas, where I bought it. Tom replaced the gold hardware with silver for me. I just love it. I don't think he's built many of the oval holes. Tamco had a blonde one a year or two ago. Mike Compton played this one at a house concert I hosted which was a pretty big thrill for me.

[Curt Palm]

Here is the front of my oval hole.124364

[LongBlackVeil]

Heres mine, Love it!

http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww236/ColtonS7/image1.jpg (http://s723.photobucket.com/user/ColtonS7/media/image1.jpg.html)

http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww236/ColtonS7/image2.jpg (http://s723.photobucket.com/user/ColtonS7/media/image2.jpg.html)

[LongBlackVeil]

And the best headstock Inlays in the biz

http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww236/ColtonS7/1398425D-E815-4691-ACF4-E30ABF87DBE2.jpg (http://s723.photobucket.com/user/ColtonS7/media/1398425D-E815-4691-ACF4-E30ABF87DBE2.jpg.html)

[Baron Collins-Hill]

Woohoo! Look at all these great mandolins! I love mine more and more every day! Also thanks for all the kind words on the lessons, it's a super fun project!

Thanks,
Baron

[Dan Margolis]

Baron, yours was the first Ellis that I ever played, I think. You and a friend were busking in front of Thornes Market, and when I commented on it you let me give it a try, which was very nice. You don't see many buskers with $5000 instruments!

[LongBlackVeil]

Baron, yours was the first Ellis that I ever played, I think. You and a friend were busking in front of Thornes Market, and when I commented on it you let me give it a try, which was very nice. You don't see many buskers with $5000 instruments!

Hey, at least he was making money with it. Im an amateur with a $5000 instrument ;)